U.S. Economy Unexpectedly Contracts in Fourth Quarter — Private-Sector Hiring Rose by 192,000 in January, ADP Reports — WASHINGTON—U.S. economic momentum screeched to a halt in the final months of 2012, as businesses pared back inventories and government spending fell sharply …

I Don't Like Marco Rubio's Plan — There. I said it. — You'd be surprised how long it has taken to say this. I've let multiple friends vet the various drafts of posts I've written on this and they all wind up arguing with each other over the details. Is it amnesty or isn't it?

Obama administration takes steps to implement individual mandate — The Obama administration took new steps Wednesday toward implementing the individual mandate in its signature healthcare law, downplaying the scope of the unpopular provision by stressing rules that allow exemptions from the requirement to purchase insurance.

President Obama's popularity surges to three-year high — President Obama is riding a wave of personal popularity into his second term, with his highest favorability ratings since his first year in office, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. — Fully 60 percent of Americans …

CNN ‘Starting Point’ Staffers Brace Themselves — The announcement that CNN is totally revamping its morning show and scrapping Soledad O'Brien's “Starting Point” has sent shivers through her staff. — Insiders tell us Executive VP Ken Jautz and VP Bart Feder addressed the staff after the show went off the air today.

Making Voting Constitutional — In Fairfax County, Virginia, a voter holds their voting permit and ID card at the Washington Mill Elementary School near Mount Vernon, Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Fairfax County is a Washington suburb with more than 1 million residents and is the biggest battleground …

MSNBC ‘reviewing’ Newtown ‘heckled’ video — Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy — MSNBC is reviewing its portrayal of the testimony of Neil Heslin, the father of a Sandy Hook victim, at a legislative hearing in Hartford on Monday.

Why I hate Twitter — The social sharing tool was once a vision. Now it's a prison — S — oren Dayton and Rob Bluey — two conservative tech geniuses — talked me into joining Twitter during a lunch Ed Morrissey organized at an Iraqi restaurant in Minneapolis during the 2008 Republican convention.

Fox News ratings hit 12-year low — Fox News had its worst ratings since 2001 in January, according to the latest figures. — The network had a 12-year low in the coveted 25-54 demographic in primetime and fell to its lowest total day ratings since 2008, a press release from rival cable channel MSNBC stated on Tuesday.

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